Advancing the Human Self - Do Technologies Make Us "Posthuman"? (Hardcover, New edition)

Do technologies advance our self-identities, as they do our bodies, cognitive skills, and the next developmental stage called postpersonal? Did we already manage to be fully human, before becoming posthuman? Are we doomed to disintegration and episodic selfhood? This book examines the impact of radical technopoiesis on our selves from a multidisciplinary perspective, including the health humanities, phenomenology, the life sciences and humanoid AI (artificial intelligence) ethics. Surprisingly, our body representations show more plasticity than scholarly concepts and sociocultural narratives. Our embodied selves can withstand transplants, bionic prostheses and radical somatechnics, but to remain autonomous and authentic, our agential potentials must be strengthened - and this is not through 'psychosurgery' and the brain-computer interface.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	DIA-LOGOS, 27
Release date:	June 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Ewa Nowak
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	242
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-80678-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	3-631-80678-7
Barcode:	9783631806784

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